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vandra

walk

Meaning

walk

In Swedish: gå till fots

Conjugation

Conjugation of vandra (walk)
Infinitive	att vandra	to walk
Present	vandrar	jag vandrar
Past	vandrade	jag vandrade
Supine	vandrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vandrat	jag har vandrat
Past perfect	hade vandrat	jag hade vandrat
Future	ska vandra	or: kommer att vandra
Conditional	skulle vandra	jag skulle vandra
Imperative	vandra!	a command

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vandra
Infinitive	vandras
Present	vandras
Past	vandrades
Supine	vandrats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use vandrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vandra in a sentence

pengarna vandrade ner i hans egen ficka
the money found its way into his own pocket
vandra i fjällen
hike in the mountains
Jag vandrade över till montern
I wandered over to the stand

Questions

What does vandra mean in English?

vandra means “walk”.

What is the past tense of vandra?

The past tense of vandra is vandrade (“jag vandrade”). The supine is vandrat, used in “jag har vandrat”.

What is the present tense of vandra?

vandrar, the same for every person: jag vandrar, du vandrar, vi vandrar.

Similar words

strosaknallapromenadströvapromenera

Origin

From Old Swedish vandra, borrowed from Middle Low German wanderen, from Old Saxon *wandarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn.

Nearby common words

vandra is number 2,503 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,499inleda begin, open
2,500motstånd resistance, opposition
2,501sträcka prolong, stretch
2,502legend legend, myth
2,504lätta lighten, unburden
2,505reaktion reaction
2,506förolämpa insult, affront, offend
2,507bruten broken

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